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architecture and design magazineTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:00:13 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1House in Sayo by FujiwaraMuro Architectshttp://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/31/house-in-sayo-by-fujiwaramuro-architects/
http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/31/house-in-sayo-by-fujiwaramuro-architects/#commentsSun, 31 Mar 2013 13:20:01 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=303269Boxy wooden rooms branch out from a crooked blue spine at this family house in Sayo, Japan, in our second story this week about the work of FujiwaraMuro Architects. Simply titled House in Sayo, the single-storey residence is located beside a car park in a sparsely populated residential district. FujiwaraMuro Architects planned the house around […]

Simply titled House in Sayo, the single-storey residence is located beside a car park in a sparsely populated residential district.

FujiwaraMuro Architects planned the house around a meandering corridor, contained with the deep blue volume, and it swells in two places to accommodate a living room in the middle and a dining room at the end.

"A narrow space threads through the center of this house, expanding and shrinking, curving and meandering," explain architects Shintaro Fujiwara and Yoshio Muro. "This part of the house morphs and transforms to become a space for relaxation, study, reading or tea time."

Timber-clad rooms protrude outwards along the sides. One functions as the entrance, while the others contain bedrooms, bathrooms, a kitchen and a traditional Japanese room.

A seating area is located within the recess cerated by one of the boxes and a small terrace is slotted between two boxes on the south side of the building.

A narrow space threads through the center of this house, expanding and shrinking, curving and meandering. This part of the house morphs and transforms to become a space for relaxation, study, reading, or teatime.

We built a small room in the middle of this space. As the width of these branches changes, the purpose of this room, along with its relationship with the surrounding space, transforms along with it.

]]>http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/31/house-in-sayo-by-fujiwaramuro-architects/feed/15House in Muko by FujiwaraMuro Architectshttp://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/27/house-in-muko-by-fujiwara-muro-architects/
http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/27/house-in-muko-by-fujiwara-muro-architects/#commentsWed, 27 Mar 2013 08:00:03 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=302303Huge vertical louvres give a pleated appearance to this family house in Kyoto by FujiwaraMuro Architects (+ slideshow). The louvred facade curves around the south-east edge of the house to follow the shape of a road running alongside. Two-storey-high windows are slotted between each of the louvres to allowing natural to filter evenly through the […]

Huge vertical louvres give a pleated appearance to this family house in Kyoto by FujiwaraMuro Architects (+ slideshow).

The louvred facade curves around the south-east edge of the house to follow the shape of a road running alongside. Two-storey-high windows are slotted between each of the louvres to allowing natural to filter evenly through the wall, casting a variety of shadows across the interiors at different times of the day.

The entrance to the house is positioned beyond the louvres and leads into an open-plan living and dining room that occupies most of the ground floor.

A bedroom sits at the rear of this space and is entirely filled by a double bed, but residents can open this room out to the living room with a set of sliding partitions.

A staircase is tucked into the rear corner of the living room and leads up towards a children's bedroom on the first floor. This floor is set back from the wall at the rear, creating a balcony overlooking the level below.

From this room, another staircase ascends towards the bathroom and washroom, then heads up again to reach a small rooftop terrace.

Shintaro Fujiwara and Yoshio Muro founded FujiwaraMuro Architects in 2002. Past projects include House of Slope, with a corridor coiling around its floors.

A mezzanine-floored residence consisting of a single-roomed space, located on a fan-shaped site.

Above: ground floor plan - click for larger image

The movements of the sun can be felt inside the house all throughout the year. Light coming from the east strikes the louvered boards before entering the house and reaching deep into its interior. Direct sunlight from the south traces a shower-like path of lines as it penetrates into the building. Light coming from the west reflects off the walls of this house with an open stairwell before entering it.

]]>http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/27/house-in-muko-by-fujiwara-muro-architects/feed/10House of Slope by FujiwaraMuro Architectshttp://www.dezeen.com/2011/09/06/house-of-slope-by-fujiwarramuro-architects/
http://www.dezeen.com/2011/09/06/house-of-slope-by-fujiwarramuro-architects/#commentsTue, 06 Sep 2011 21:55:02 +0000http://www.dezeen.com/?p=153007A sloping corridor coils around the inside of a house in Osaka to connect three staggered storeys. The house was designed by Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects and is located in a dense urban area. Timber columns and criss-crossing metal braces support both the stepped and sloped floors. The 25 metre-long ramp leads past clusters of […]

This residential project is built on a flag-shaped site in Osaka surrounded by densely packed buildings.

Even when faced with these challenging site conditions, we felt that it would be possible to come up with an interesting design solution based on a structure that appears to “float” in a large, open space.

By ensuring a continuous sense of spatial circulation through the flag-shaped portion of the site, the inhabitants of the house are able to “drift” through their favorite spaces like goldfish in a bowl.

The sloping structure that extends from the first floor through the second and up until the roof – covering a length of some 25 meters over approximately one-and-a-half revolutions – allows the family members to distribute themselves across its entire length, each occupying a different section of the building.

Several beams offer structural support for the wooden slope and spiral-shaped floors of the building, creating a residential space made up of ambiguously demarcated domains that are staggered apart yet also integrated with each other, thereby achieving a sense of breadth and openness.